Bug 27430 - ethtool 5.9 update for kernel 5.9
Summary: ethtool 5.9 update for kernel 5.9
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: 7
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: QA Team
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Whiteboard: MGA7-64-OK
Keywords: advisory, validated_update
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2020-10-16 00:21 CEST by David Walser
Modified: 2020-10-20 18:23 CEST (History)
2 users (show)

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Source RPM: ethtool-5.8-1.mga7.src.rpm
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Description David Walser 2020-10-16 00:21:01 CEST 
Advisory:
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The ethtool package has been updated to version 5.9 to support the newest
features in the 5.9 kernel and fix several bugs.

References:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/ethtool/ethtool.git/tree/NEWS?h=v5.9
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Updated packages in core/updates_testing:
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ethtool-5.9-1.mga7

from ethtool-5.9-1.mga7.src.rpm
Comment 1 Herman Viaene 2020-10-19 14:04:27 CEST 
MGA7-64 Plasma on Lenovo B50
No installation issues.
ref bugs 26820 and 27134 for testing.
# ethtool --version
ethtool version 5.9

# ethtool -i enp8s0
driver: r8169
version: 5.7.19-desktop-1.mga7
firmware-version: rtl8168g-3_0.0.1 04/23/13
expansion-rom-version: 
bus-info: 0000:08:00.0
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: no
supports-eeprom-access: no
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: no

# ethtool enp8s0
Settings for enp8s0:
        Supported ports: [ TP    MII ]
        Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                                1000baseT/Full
        Supported pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Supported FEC modes: Not reported
        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                                1000baseT/Full
        Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only
        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Advertised FEC modes: Not reported
        Speed: Unknown!
        Duplex: Unknown! (255)
        Auto-negotiation: on
        Port: MII
        PHYAD: 0
        Transceiver: external
        Supports Wake-on: pumbg
        Wake-on: d
        Current message level: 0x00000033 (51)
                               drv probe ifdown ifup
        Link detected: no
which is oK, because the c

CC: (none) => herman.viaene

Comment 2 Herman Viaene 2020-10-19 14:09:08 CEST 
continuing:...
because the cable connection is not there.
As a side remark: I tried as bug 26820 Comment 1
# ethtool -s enp8s0 autoneg off 
netlink error: link settings update failed
netlink error: Invalid argument
Duckduckgo told me this is expected behavior for a 1000base-T device.
So good to go.

Whiteboard: (none) => MGA7-64-OK

Comment 3 Herman Viaene 2020-10-19 14:25:22 CEST 
IMPORTANT: this test has been done running the 5.7.19 desktop kernel. Should it be run against the 5.9 (as well???) to be conclusive??
Comment 4 David Walser 2020-10-19 14:32:48 CEST 
No, we're good.
David Walser 2020-10-19 14:33:11 CEST

CC: (none) => sysadmin-bugs
Keywords: (none) => validated_update

Aurelien Oudelet 2020-10-19 18:04:41 CEST

Keywords: (none) => advisory

Comment 5 Mageia Robot 2020-10-20 18:23:21 CEST 
An update for this issue has been pushed to the Mageia Updates repository.

https://advisories.mageia.org/MGAA-2020-0216.html

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
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